Two people: Igor, an ex-athlete living aimlessly and chasing rubles to get drunk and Vera, a dowdy librarian, try to find their luck by planning to fall in love with each other based on "psychological conditioning".
Yuriy Dubrovin
Petrushin (as Yu. Dubrovin)
Vladimir Belousov
Gena (as V. Belousov)

Vsevolod Shilovsky
Kolya (as V. Shilovskiy)

Kira Krejlis-Petrova
Vera's mother (as K. Kreylis-Petrova)